All-Norfolk Crew To Construct Infinity Hall
Dan Hicks makes good on promise to hire locally By Lloyd Garrison When Dan Hincks bought Greenwoods Theater a year ago, he vowed to create enduring links to the community. “Once we decided to upgrade the music hall and create an upscale restaurant on the ground floor,” says Hincks, “I was determined to […]
Bequests Made to Several Town Organizations
Bequests of over $36,000 each to the Norfolk Library, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department and the Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance have been made from the estate of Dorothy Ford Battistoni, who died in April, 2006. Born in 1918, she lived all her life at the former dairy farm on the corner of Doolittle and Loon […]
Norfolk’s Web
A Dream Weaves Into Reality By Colleen Gundlach What started as a wish list item to many townspeople has blossomed into a project that has pulled in the expertise of many talented Norfolkians. One look at the new town Web site will reveal the extent of the commitment and abilities of its creators. Led by […]
Make More Room in the Staff Box
New Photographer Joins the Norfolk Now Team By Rosanna Trestman Norfolk Now is pleased to announce the addition of the newest member to our all-volunteer staff. Carol Stein joins Adela Hubers as co-staff photographer with this issue of Norfolk Now. Stein began working in photography in the 1960s. She studied with luminaries such as Gary […]
Briefly…
More Photographers Step Up Those reply cards sent with Norfolk Now’s annual appeal produced several responses from photographers, including Michael Dobo, a recently retired photographer with an impressive string of assignments from Time, LIFE and People behind him, and Ben Nodeau, an amateur photographer who works weekdays at the Hotchkiss School… In Case You […]
A Slick Start To The New Year
Oil overflow at Botelle Elementary School By Veronica Burns Cleanup work was still ongoing at Botelle Elementary School following an oil spill, which occurred in the early hours of December 13, just before a major snow storm was due to hit Norfolk. In early January, Environmental Services of Watertown, hired by the oil company responsible […]
Avid Birders Flock to Norfolk
Pine Grosbeaks Attract Eco-Tourists By Shelley Harms A rare incursion of northern birds from Canada has drawn birders from as far away as Vermont to Norfolk. Pine Grosbeaks are the main attraction. Every morning during the holiday week, groups with binoculars, cameras and spotting scopes stood on Shepard Road watching the birds eat small, orange […]
Botelle’s Voltage Variables Make the Final Cut
By Michele Cyr With the addition of First Lego League added to the roster of after school programs sponsored by the Botelle PTO, this December, Norfolk students made state champions in the FIRST Lego League 2007 Power Puzzle Challenge in New Britain, CT. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics […]
A Green Model Home
Torrington house offers green efficiency By Veronica Burns The public perception of building a green house, one that is energy-efficient and uses materials that are kind to the environment, is that it costs a lot of green. But that notion is now being challenged. A 2,550 square foot home, recently begun in Torrington, will […]
BRIEFLY…
BRIEFLY… Another Norfolk Drug Bust Acting on a tip, state police stopped a car on Route 44 in Norfolk driven by Karen Nejaime, who was on probation following last year’s drug bust at 10 Ashpohtag Road, and charged her with numerous drug offenses, including possession of crack cocaine. Bail was set at $150,000… A Norfolk […]
